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Dave Thomas is an internationally recognized expert Rubyist. He is a cornerstone of the Ruby community, and is personally responsible for many of its innovative directions and initiatives. This is an inspirational keynote for Rubyists at RubyNation 2011.

You know those people who manage to pull off messy? The ones who are
rumpled, always a bit late, who stand too close to you and hold your
hand for just a little too long. And yet you just can't help but like
'em.
That's Ruby, at least for me. In this talk, I'll try to convince you
that all …

Dave Thomas is an internationally recognized expert Rubyist. He is a cornerstone of the Ruby community, and is personally responsible for many of its innovative directions and initiatives. Dave is a co-founder of the Pragmatic Programmers and the Pragmatic Bookshelf. He helped write the now-…

Most Ruby programmers have a mental model of how Ruby manages objects and classes. But the chances are good that this model is more complicated that it should be. Come and see how simple Ruby really is; a couple of simple concepts cover all you need to know. Once you master them, metaprogram…